21st Trofeo Luis Puig - Cat. 1.2Spain, February 25, 20012000 Results Results Past winners Zabel wins again
Erik Zabel (Telekom) has won the 21st edition of the Trofeo Luis Puig that was ridden from Benidorm to Valencia today. He brought his tally of wins in this particular race to three, including a victory in the 2000 edition. Zabel triumphed in a massive bunch sprint that saw 135 riders arrive together, beating Festina's sprinting revelation Sven Teutenberg and US Postal's George Hincapie. The race went uphill from the start in Benidorm, climbing to 950 m by the 40th kilometre. That mountain prime (a first category) was won by Juan J. De Los Angeles (Kelme) who went on to take the overall mountains prize. However, on the third climb, three riders (Juan Antonio Flecha (Fuenlabrada), Cesar Garcia (Fuenlabrada) and Xabier Zandio (iBanesto.com) escaped and rode to a 4'39 advantage. Cesar Garcia won both remaining metas volantes sprints, taking out the metas volantes classification, but the trio were caught one by one with 8 kilometres to go. The mass sprint was taken by Erik Zabel, who now has four wins this season and has started in very similar fashion to 2000. Results - 186 km1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 4.39.45 (39.034 km/h) 2 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Festina 3 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service 4 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre-Daikin 5 Creszenzo D'Amore (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 6 Biagio Conte (Ita) Saeco Machine Per Caffe 7 Martin Garrido (Arg) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 8 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites 9 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 10 Stephane Barthe (Fra) US Postal Service 11 David Fernandez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 12 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Team Telekom 14 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 15 Alberto Benito (Spa) iBanesto.com 16 Robert Hayles (GBr) Cofidis 17 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 18 Iban Sastre (Spa) Festina 19 David Etxebarria (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco Machine Per Caffe 21 Candido Barbosa (Por) iBanesto.com 22 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 23 Saulius Sarkauskas (Ltu) LA Pecol 24 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco Machine Per Caffe 25 Claude Lamour (Fra) Cofidis 26 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team Telekom 27 Sascha Henrix (Ger) Team Coast 28 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) LA Pecol 29 Antonio Colom (Spa) Jaztel-Costa De Almeria 30 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 31 David Plaza (Spa) Festina 32 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 33 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 34 Andrei Zintchenko (Rus) LA Pecol 35 Leandro Navarrette (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 36 Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) ONCE 37 Pedro Andrade (Por) LA Pecol 38 Ruben Oarbeascoa (Spa) LA Pecol 39 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 40 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 41 Jose Alberto Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 43 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 44 Jesus Maria Manzano (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 45 Armin Meier (Swi) Saeco Machine Per Caffe 46 Dmitri Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 47 Michael Giebelmann (Ger) Team Coast 48 Francesco Javier Vila (Spa) iBanesto.com 49 Joao Silva (Por) Maia-MSS 50 Klaus Mutschler (Ger) Team Coast 51 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 Jose Manuel Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 53 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Cofidis 54 Abraham Olano (Spa) ONCE 55 Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) Jaztel-Costa De Almeria 56 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE 57 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service 58 David Latasa (Spa) iBanesto.com 59 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 60 Joan Horrach (Spa) Maia-MSS 61 Jose Rosa (Por) LA Pecol 62 Manuel Beltran (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 63 David Vazquez (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 64 Marco Della Vedova (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 65 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 66 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 67 Rui Lavarinhas (Por) Maia-MSS 68 Javier Pascual Llorente (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 69 Rafael Casero (Spa) Festina 70 Jose Azevedo (Por) ONCE 71 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 72 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Maia-MSS 73 Fabian Jeker (Swi) Maia-MSS 74 Angel Edo (Spa) Maia-MSS 75 Youri Sourkov (Mda) LA Pecol 76 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 77 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 78 David Cañada (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 79 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 80 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 81 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Telekom 82 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 83 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Team Telekom 84 Paulo Barroso (Por) Maia-MSS 85 Jose A. Pecharroman (Spa) Jaztel-Costa De Almeria 86 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 87 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 88 Jose Luis Martinez (Spa) Jaztel-Costa De Almeria 89 Fernando Escartin (Spa) Team Coast 90 Juan J. De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 91 Jose Luis Rebollo (Spa) Festina 92 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 93 Txema Del Olmo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Lampre-Daikin 95 Philipe Fernandes (Fra) LA Pecol 96 Thorsten Rund (Ger) Team Coast 97 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 98 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra) Cofidis 99 Matteo Algeri (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 100 Melchior Mauri (Spa) Maia-MSS 101 Vjatceslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service 102 Jaime Javier Hernandez (Spa) Festina 103 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 104 Massimo Podenzana (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 105 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Mapei-Quick Step 106 Laurent Dufaux (Swi) Saeco Machine Per Caffe 107 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Festina 108 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Saeco Machine Per Caffe 109 Ermanno Brignoli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 110 Gonzalo Bayarri (Spa) Jaztel-Costa De Almeria 111 Jose Javier Gomez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 112 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Telekom 113 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Cofidis 114 Fabio Roscioli (Ita) Jaztel-Costa De Almeria 115 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) iBanesto.com 116 Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE 117 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) ONCE 118 Jose Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal Service 119 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz) Cofidis 120 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Saeco Machine Per Caffe 121 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service 122 Rene Andrle (Cze) ONCE 123 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jaztel-Costa De Almeria 124 Ramon Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 125 Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa) Festina 126 Aitor Garmendia (Spa) Team Coast 127 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 128 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 129 Ricardo Valdez (Spa) Jaztel-Costa De Almeria 130 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Team Telekom 131 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Lampre-Daikin 132 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Team Telekom 133 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Coast 134 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 135 Giuseppe Di Fresco (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 136 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 0.47 137 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 1.20 138 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Mercatone Uno-Albacom 1.32 139 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal Service 2.05 140 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Domo-Farm Frites 3.11 141 Cesar Garcia (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 5.03 142 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com Starters: 147 Finishers: 142 Mountains Pto. Confrides - Cat. 1 1 Juan J. De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 16 pts 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE 12 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 4 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Festina 8 5 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 6 6 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Maia-MSS 4 7 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 3 8 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jaztel-Costa De Almeria 2 9 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE 1 Puerto De Albaida - Cat. 2 1 Juan J. De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 pts 2 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 7 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE 5 4 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Festina 3 5 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 6 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 1 Pto. De Serragrosa - Cat. 3 1 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 pts 2 Cesar Garcia (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 3 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 4 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) LA Pecol 1 Metas volantes Cocentaina - Km 59 1 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 3 pts 2 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 3 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 Carcaixent - km 119 1 Cesar Garcia (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 pts 2 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 El Perello - km 161 1 Cesar Garcia (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 3 pts 2 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 2 3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1 Mountains classification 1 Juan J. De Los Angeles (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26 pts 2 Carlos Sastre (Spa) ONCE 17 3 Aitor Gonzalez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12 4 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) Festina 11 5 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) US Postal Service 7 6 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 7 7 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 8 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 5 9 Pedro Cardoso (Por) Maia-MSS 4 10 Cesar Garcia (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 4 11 Dario Gadeo (Spa) Jaztel-Costa De Almeria 2 12 Rafael Diaz (Spa) ONCE 1 13 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) LA Pecol 1 Metas volantes classification 1 Cesar Garcia (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 6 pts 2 Xabier Zandio (Spa) iBanesto.com 4 3 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team Coast 3 4 German Nieto (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 5 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 2 6 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams 1 Team Deutsche Telekom 13.59.15 2 Saeco Macchine Per Caffe 3 Festina 4 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 5 Mapei-Quick Step 6 Rabobank 7 U.S. Postal Service 8 iBanesto.com 9 La-Pecol 10 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 11 Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 Kelme-Costa Blanca 13 Domo-Farm Frites 14 Team Coast 15 Lampre-Daikin 16 O.N.C.E 17 Mercatone Uno-Albacom 18 Jazztel-Costa De Almeria 19 Maia-MSS Past winnersYear Winner Finish 2000 Erik Zabel (Ger) Beindorm 1999 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Valencia 190 kms in 4.34.35 (41.517) 1998 Andre Tchmil (Bel) Valencia 186 kms in 4.36.21 (40.384) 1997 Erik Zabel (Ger) Valencia 1996 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Valencia 1995 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Valencia 1994 Adriano Baffi (Ita) Valencia 1993 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) Valencia 1992 Sean Kelly (Ire) Benidorm 1991 Andreas Kappes (Ger) Benidorm 1990 Tom Cordes (Ned) Benidorm 1989 Mathieu Hermans (Ned) Cullera 1988 Acacio Da Silva (Por) Benidorm 1987 Pello Ruiz-Cabestany (Spa) Benidorm 1986 Bernard Hinault (Fra) Denia 1985 Enrique Aja (Spa) Elda 1984 Noél Dejonckheere (Bel) Torrent 1983 Noél Dejonckheere (Bel) Burjassot 1982 Raimund Dietzen (Ger) Benifays 1981 Noél Dejonckheere (Bel) Algemesm 1979 Antoine Gutierrez (Spa) 1978 Javier Elorriaga (Spa) 1977 Domingo Perurena (Spa) 1976 Tomas Nistal (Spa) 1975 Eddy Peelman (Bel) 1974 Eddy Peelman (Bel) 1973 Gustave Van Roosbroeck (Bel) 1972 Eric Leman (Bel) 1971 Pe Verhaegen (Bel) 1970 Ramon Saez (Spa) 1969 Carlos Echeverria (Spa) Past Winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin |
